The Supreme Court on Friday refused to block the Trump administration from using billions worth of funds to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

President Donald Trump's border wall raised various environmental concerns, reaching the Supreme Court that ultimately gave a 5-4 vote that works in favor of continuing the construction.

A number of groups like American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Sierra Club asked the Supreme Court to get involved again after the justices last year cleared the way for the administration to use $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds for the border wall while the case played out in the courts, reported The Hill.

The court's four liberal justices dissented the ruling, saying they would have halted the construction while the case is still going through court challenge.

Last month, the administration lost with a federal appeals court. The appeals court first said the use of Pentagon funding for the project is illegal. But now, the justices have given them temporary victory, the Fox News said.

In an Associated Press report, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote a brief dissent for the four liberals. It in, he said he feared the decision "may operate, in effect, as a final judgement."

The Friday order means the court is not likely to even consider how grave the issue is until after the November election, so work on the wall will continue.

Last summer, when the case was at an earlier stage, the justices were also split 5-4 along ideological lines. It allowed the administration to start the construction using the defense funds.

This gave Trump the chance to make progress in his 2016 campaign promise with his race for a second term.

The Trump administration seeks to use the funds in replacing a total of 129 miles (208 kilometers) of rundown or old fencing in New Mexico, Arizona and California. According to U.S. Customers and Border Protection, 92 miles (148 kilometers) have been completed of the project as of mid-July.

The Supreme Court is on break, but has not given signs of acting on certain pressing items. Hearing cases will restart for the high court in October.

Push Back Continues for Border Wall

ACLU's National Security Project staff attorney Dror Ladin is not giving up his union's case against the border wall. "The fight continues," he said.

Ladin noted that every lower court that has considered their case has ruled the border wall illegal. "The Supreme Court's temporary order does not decide the case," he said.

He said ACLU will be back before the Supreme Court soon to "put a stop to Trump's xenophobic border wall once and for all."

In June, the high court had declined to hear an appeal from environmental groups that fought back against the construction of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The group challenged a 1996 law giving the president authority to prevent illegal immigration and border crossings. They claimed that the Trump administration did not go through enough environmental impact studies for building the border wall.

The coalition said endangered species like the jaguar and Mexican wolf will be affected by the barrier.

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